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SHRM-Atlanta, the Atlanta Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management, was founded in 1965 and currently enjoys a membership of over 2300+ members.  While affiliated with SHRM National, the Chapter operates independently to provide a wide variety of professional development and networking opportunities for Atlanta area HR professionals.  The Chapter’s diverse membership represents more than 1,300 large and small organizations in the metro area, ranges in experience from entry to senior level, and varies in practice from specialist to generalist roles.  Now, the Chapter celebrates over 46 years as Atlanta’s Most Active Resource for Advancing HR Professionals, proudly serving and advancing the HR profession for over four decades!

Mike Grindell, Board Chair

Tamara O’Neill, President

Jenny DeVaughn, EVP of Marketing and PR

http://shrmatlanta.org/

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Charles Green worked in his parents’ small business by age 8, often listening in on “board meetings” around the dinner table. Today he is an eminent authority on small businesses with over 30 years of advising, financing, and investing in small business owners and entrepreneurs.

His experience includes years as a commercial banker, venture capitalist, business advisor and business owner. He founded and served as President and CEO of Sunrise Bank of Atlanta. Charles has advised clients from 30 countries and served as corporate director for several businesses in the U.S., Mexico, and Europe including a NASDAQ-listed company.

Charles wrote several popular books and articles on business financing and has been interviewed by CNN, CNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, Bloomberg, Business Week, Entrepreneur, Inc., Success, Essence, Crain’s Business, Fortune Small Business, Reuters, AP Radio, Business Radio, and others.

He earned a B.S. in Finance from the University of Alabama and completed the Stonier National Graduate School of Banking at the Wharton School of Business. In 2005 he was named the Financial Services Champion by the Georgia District of the U.S. Small Business Administration.

His volunteer work focuses on strengthening Atlanta’s arts community by serving as chair of the Fulton County Arts Council. He’s also on the board of the Atlanta Medical Center.
www.charlesgreenco.com
For clients wanting the edge of having the very best talent possible, Pat Turner provides the solution. With more than two decades of recruiting and search experience in Information Technology in the Atlanta market, Pat Turner has developed sharp insights on helping companies achieve their mission through hiring A+ employees and temporary professionals. As an entrepreneur who with three other partners launched Visionaire Partners in early 2008, Pat helps other businesses find motivated professionals who supply jet fuel for his clients’ success. Visionaire Partners has grown from the original four founders to a company of nineteen sales and recruiting professionals in under three years.
Pat’s clients have ranged from Fortune 500 giants to high growth technology firms of under 50 employees. So he understands the challenges of both entrepreneurs and corporate executives. He thrives when teaching others the staffing business.
Before entering the staffing arena, Pat was an Information Technology consultant with the national firm Booz Allen Hamilton. He earned his BS in Engineering and his MS in Computer Science from the University of Tennessee.
Outside of work, Pat has a passion for riding his road bicycle, shooting weddings with his camera, and introducing his friends to the relaxing benefits of yoga. An energetic risk taker, he has jumped from a plane three times, went on a SCUBA dive in a dark cave in Mexican waters, and has ridden his bicycle over 100 miles in a single day.
http://www.visionairepartners.com/

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NEW SHOW Launched January 19, 2011 . . .

F&D Internet Radio Show: Client Matters ^TM – January 19, 2011

Mobility – Forecast to be the hottest business capability investment area for 2011

Are you considering extending access to your business through mobile devices to employees, customers, and/or suppliers? Mobility is forecast to be the hottest business capability investment area of 2011 and beyond. As with all “hot” topics, the frenzy to so something, and not get left behind, can drive actions and outcomes that may not have been taken, had cooler minds prevailed.

In this production of Client Matters ^TM you will find informed perspectives, emerging trends, and commonsense direction on Mobility products and the Mobility industry in general.

In addition to the content of this production of Client Matters ^TM, FD Consulting is helping clients set their business-case-based mobility strategies, using FD’s proprietary Strategic Mobility Assessment methodology (SMA). In the course of a few short weeks, the SMA can help your company set their mobility strategy and value realization roadmap and tying them to strategy, financial performance, and measurable outcomes.

Click here to download our one-page overview of the Strategic Mobility Assessment.

Client Matters ^TM is sponsored by Frazier & Deeter, LLC. Frazier & Deeter has a 30 year commitment to helping businesses and individuals manage their money in an ever-changing economic landscape. That tradition of service is more important than ever. As one of the largest certified public accounting and advisory firms in the Southeast, Frazier & Deeter makes it our goal each day to offer clients sound advice, personal attention, and solutions designed to protect and grow their financial futures. Learn more at www.frazierdeeter.com.

Client Matters ^TM focuses on issues of importance to business, either because of their scale, intrigue, timeliness, or the unique challenges they present to growing, maintaining, and changing businesses.

We feature people who are making a difference within the business community: executives, subject matter experts, regulatory officials, trade representatives, media moguls, and premier providers of business products and services.

Client Matters ^TM provides the business community – our listeners- a basis in facts, insight, analyses, and sources which they can use to improve performance, and make a difference in their business, as well as their own careers.

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Alan Urech is a Senior Executive with 30 years experience in successfully developing and commercializing companies. He develops businesses by using strong strategic, tactical and operational leadership skills to help them understand and implement appropriate business aspects of a company’s growth. These organizations include HBO & Company where he was part of a team that saw the organization’s expansion from initial start-up to about $350 million dollars in revenue within 12 years. During this period, he was instrumental in developing very successful healthcare product lines which significantly grew the Company’s overall profitability. HBOC was sold in 1998 for US$13.8 billion to McKesson Corporation.

Michael Robertson is an accomplished leader in Human Resources, known for building high performing organizations and transforming cultures to achieve success for employees and customers alike.

During his 16-year tenure at EMS Technologies, Inc., Michael provided strategic oversight and direction as that company grew from 400 to 2,000 employees.  His scope of contributions included employee training and high potential development; corporate communications and public relations; facilities and maintenance operations; safety and environmental health; administration; and security.  Michael was instrumental in shaping the company’s culture and under his direction, EMS was named a “Great Place To Work” and the “Employer of Choice.”

Prior to joining EMS, Michael worked for both large and small high-tech corporations in human resources management.  He is skilled in several areas that are highly relevant to today’s business environment:

http://www.stage2ba.com/

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Ed Rader is a Senior Partner and founder of the firm specializing in Supply Chain Strategy, and currently serves as the firm’s Secretary/Treasurer. His areas of expertise include vendor management and alliances, strategic sourcing and procurement, demand planning, collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR), logistics strategy, distribution operations improvement, new facility design and implementation, WMS selection and implementation, inventory management, manufacturing strategy, fulfillment and transportation strategy across the Consumer Products and Retail industries.

Mr. Rader is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC), a Senior Member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and a member of the Council of Logistics Management (CLM). He is a frequent speaker and contributor on the subjects of Supply Chain Management and Optimization, eProcurement, eFulfillment and Integrated Change Management. He has published articles in numerous journals and was a contributing editor to the recent book Strategic Supply Chain Alignment.

Mr. Fee is a Senior Partner and founder of the firm. He currently serves as the firm’s Managing Partner and heads the firm’s Health Care practice. He is co-author of several pieces of intellectual property employed by Verity Partners including the VerityView solution and FastTrac change management. Tom’s extensive consulting career includes:
•Strategy: Strategic planning, Scenario-based planning, Master planning, Market/ product alignment

•Operations: Operations design, Organization design, Services deployment, and Facility planning

•Business Process: Business process alignment, design and development

•Information Systems: IS Strategy, Systems Design

•Industries: Healthcare, Public Sector, Retail, Distribution and Service industries.

•Business functions: Organization Strategy, Product design/ pricing, Mergers/ acquisitions, Financial planning, Management controls/ balanced scorecard, Technology innovation, Business unit planning, Organization design, Facility master planning, Operations management, Supply chain management, Human resource initiatives, Team building, Performance management , Customer relationship management and Business improvement initiatives.
http://veritypartnersllc.com/

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